we get to see one in the brig in "The Final Frontier" Kirk slides it out of the wall to sit down. There is a little sign above it that says "do not use while in spacedock"
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we get to see one in the brig in "The Final Frontier" Kirk slides it out of the wall to sit down. There is a little sign above it that says "do not use while in spacedock"
Which implies that waste is just flung directly into space, rather than captured and recycled, or even captured and treated before being disposed of at an appropiate time.
They should be able to destroy waste like Valeris destroyed that pot in VI.
How is it a matter of perspective? It's just damn odd. Why does a bed have blanket if the sleeper isn't going to use it?
Now that sounds strange to me. It can be the hottest night in the summer, but I can not sleep without sheets, blanket, and comforter around me.
Quite normal yes, as is the movement of bed equipment during the night, pillows ending up on the floor, or at the other end of the bed, etc.
What is far stranger is the fact everyone sleeps in some form of clothes. Usually. Picard however doesn't (always), although he does have a duvet.
See, I can't fathom anyone doing that in the hottest night in summer. I suppose if you crank up your A/C at night...
Or in a bedroom that's already warm (if not toasty) to begin with...Paul Weaver said:
I dunno ... it'd get a little annoying to have an alarm go off every time you flush.
What's strange about that?
I must admit I'm a little taken aback by the sheer depth of feeling over the whole trek bed clothes controversy. lol
I think the former is rather a bit of hyperbole. I see many people, of different ages, wearing them everyday and they don't seem to have had their display space significantly reduced in a number of department stores or ads for them showing up in a variety of publications.
As to the security camera issue, I wonder if it was ever addressed in any episode of the franchise, but perhaps it's a decision based on maintaining a modicum of personal privacy in a realm that one's location can usually be so easily ascertained by other means.
I'm watching First Contact the episode and it reminded me of something that bugs me.
On every planet, they refer to locations on the planet as 'The southern continent' or 'The western continent'. Every planet except Earth, apparently, does not care to give names to their different regions.
It's like if an American went to Europe and said "Hello, I'm from the Western Continent."
On every planet, they refer to locations on the planet as 'The southern continent' or 'The western continent'. Every planet except Earth, apparently, does not care to give names to their different regions.
It's like if an American went to Europe and said "Hello, I'm from the Western Continent."
An American might very well say he's from the Deep South, or the Midwest, or whatever. Not much different.
A watch is good. I find turning on the phone to tell the time to be OTT. It's too bright at night. Just highlighting my little watch is just right.
It gets even worse when they just refer to a body's organs by descriptive terms rather than titles. EG "Cardiovascular unit" as opposed to "heart." This is common among sci-fi in general, but is equally annoying all the same.
The whole continent thing may be a concession to fans, who might ask "How did they know the names of the continents, if they've never been there before?"
And you know we fans would ask that.
And you know we fans would ask that.
Except, the characters who are supposed to be from that planet are the ones saying "western continent/northern continent" while talking amongst themselves, with no main characters present.
Something that stands out to me is that some of the alien characters don't have last names (surnames). Oh, I guess in a way you can say Worf does because he is Worf, son of Mogh. I suppose another exception would be Spock and Sarek do have more than one name, but humans can't pronounce it.
Let's see, IIRC, Quark, Rom, Nog. Did they have a family name? Neelix and Kes also only had one name each. He's not an alien, but did Chakotay have more than one name or was that not part of his specific Native American culture.
Also, did you ever notice that all Talaxian names have the letter "x" in the them.
Let's see, IIRC, Quark, Rom, Nog. Did they have a family name? Neelix and Kes also only had one name each. He's not an alien, but did Chakotay have more than one name or was that not part of his specific Native American culture.
Also, did you ever notice that all Talaxian names have the letter "x" in the them.
Chakotay had no other name, as his grave in Endgame just says Chakotay on it.
As for alien characters, although a lot of the characters are only known by one name, we know most of them do employ first and last names. I think the Ferengi are the only prominent race where only one name is used. Of the other prominent:
-As already mentioned, Vulcans have last names, which are unpronounceable to humans, and in formal situations Klingons add on their father's name.
-Bajorans, of course use their family name first and individual name last. Don't seem to have middle names.
-Cardassians do employ first and last names (Elim Garak, Enabaran Tain) and might even have middle names (Dukat's initials might be SG).
-Romulans do have first and last names (Alidar Jarok). Middle names are unknown.
I guess that we're hearing an imprecise translation of their talk into English (or instead we're reading it with imperfect captioning).
Although I always have my telephone with me, I like my old-fashioned analogue wristwatch. Looks nicer than a digital and gives a better sense of the time. A glance says "early" or "late" from the configuration of the hands, even without my glasses on.
Two minutes to midnight has more urgency than 11:58 in bright squared-off numbers with the colon blinking! (And without the glasses, 8 looks just like 3 or zero or any other number.)
Besides, if I were to leave the watch at home, I'd still be looking at my wrist every ten minutes or so.
Granted, my descendants may be able to lose that habit in the next 300 years or thereabout ...
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